Child Marriage Supporters Blackmailed Us To Have Their Way – Mark

[Shola Sholaz]

SENATE President, David Mark, yesterday, said proponents of Section 29 (4)(b) in the constitution hid under religious guise to get the section sail through during last week's clause-by-clause voting in the on-going constitution amendment process.
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He said it was time Nigerians shunned religion when dealing with sensitive issues if the country must forge ahead.
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Already, the Christian Association of Nigerian, CAN, has concluded plans to mobilize Nigerians to protest the non-amendment of provisions of the Constitution, just as the Paediatric Association of Nigeria, PAN, has called for immediate reinstatement of the age of marriage to 18 years.
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He regretted that rather than being praised, the upper legislative chamber was being vilified over its bold attempt to have the controversial clause removed from the country's law book.

[Folami David]

Blackmail is something that is still existing 100 percent in Nigeria. And that doesn't speak well of us at all...Too bad!